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Another Termite Question NSN 12-12-2006
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Posted by NSN on December 12, 2006, 6:56 pm


My neighbor just had his house perimeter and garage treated for a
small termite infestation. The chemical used was Dragnet. I thought
that Termidor was the best chemical to use for a contact type
termiticide. Does anyone out there have an opinion on the subject.

I did Google both but can find no article that compares the two.

Norm

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Posted by Frank on December 12, 2006, 8:05 pm



NSN wrote:
> My neighbor just had his house perimeter and garage treated for a
> small termite infestation. The chemical used was Dragnet. I thought
> that Termidor was the best chemical to use for a contact type
> termiticide. Does anyone out there have an opinion on the subject.
>
> I did Google both but can find no article that compares the two.
>
> Norm

Maybe this will help:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/entomology/444-500/444-500.html
Try to keep abreast of this myself. My neighbor had them and
fortunately they killed the colony with a juvenile harmone treatment.
Otherwise I was seeing them in stumps in my yard.
Now they are all gone. If your colony is still around, you may want to
do something yourself.

Frank


Posted by NSN on December 13, 2006, 9:17 am



>
>NSN wrote:
>> My neighbor just had his house perimeter and garage treated for a
>> small termite infestation. The chemical used was Dragnet. I thought
>> that Termidor was the best chemical to use for a contact type
>> termiticide. Does anyone out there have an opinion on the subject.
>>
>> I did Google both but can find no article that compares the two.
>>
>> Norm
>
>Maybe this will help:
>http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/entomology/444-500/444-500.html
>Try to keep abreast of this myself. My neighbor had them and
>fortunately they killed the colony with a juvenile harmone treatment.
>Otherwise I was seeing them in stumps in my yard.
>Now they are all gone. If your colony is still around, you may want to
>do something yourself.
>
>Frank

Frank:

Thanks .. just what I was looking for. So, his termites are being
repelled. I wonder where they will go next??? Fortunately, I treated
the perimeter of my home with Termidor 1.5 years ago. So far, I have
had no problems.

Norm


Posted by Frank on December 13, 2006, 10:05 am



NSN wrote:

> Thanks .. just what I was looking for. So, his termites are being
> repelled. I wonder where they will go next??? Fortunately, I treated
> the perimeter of my home with Termidor 1.5 years ago. So far, I have
> had no problems.
>
> Norm

My house was never treated but at time of neighbor's infestation, there
were termites all over the place. I put out the poisoned stakes
(Sentricon?) and normally spray foundations because of ants. Now with
the juvenile treatment, there are no sign of termites. There are still
plenty of stumps and stray wood piles on his property. If a colony came
back, they would probably attack his yard first.

The repelled termites are bound to find another source of food. If they
cannot find decaying woodpiles like my neighbor has, they will look for
houses. Personally, I think it is fairly easy to detect their presence
by tunnels and swarming and it is not necessary to have the
professionals come out unless you have an infestation.

Frank


Posted by NSN on December 14, 2006, 10:22 am



>
>NSN wrote:
>
>> Thanks .. just what I was looking for. So, his termites are being
>> repelled. I wonder where they will go next??? Fortunately, I treated
>> the perimeter of my home with Termidor 1.5 years ago. So far, I have
>> had no problems.
>>
>> Norm
>
>My house was never treated but at time of neighbor's infestation, there
>were termites all over the place. I put out the poisoned stakes
>(Sentricon?) and normally spray foundations because of ants. Now with
>the juvenile treatment, there are no sign of termites. There are still
>plenty of stumps and stray wood piles on his property. If a colony came
>back, they would probably attack his yard first.
>
>The repelled termites are bound to find another source of food. If they
>cannot find decaying woodpiles like my neighbor has, they will look for
>houses. Personally, I think it is fairly easy to detect their presence
>by tunnels and swarming and it is not necessary to have the
>professionals come out unless you have an infestation.
>
>Frank

What do you mean by "juvenile treatment"

Norm


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